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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine realize about her engagement to Shaggy Beard in July?
(a) She will no longer be a child soon.
(b) He will need her consent for a real wedding.
(c) She will have to obey his every whim.
(d) She will have to leave her family soon.

2. What negotiations take place during Easter?
(a) Negotiations concerning the servants wages.
(b) Negotiations with Shaggy Beard concerning Catherine's dowry.
(c) Negotiations concerning the building of the new privy.
(d) Negotiations concerning the estate's property value.

3. How does Catherine describe Stephen?
(a) He is arrogant and greedy.
(b) He is expressive and artistic.
(c) He is dashing and heartbreakingly handsome.
(d) He is young and clean and loves learning.

4. How does Catherine feel about her soon-to-be-husband?
(a) She is delighted and can't wait to go to him.
(b) She thinks he will make an excellent friend.
(c) She despises him with every ounce of her being.
(d) She does not feel anything for him.

5. How did Aelis' engagement in September come about?
(a) The groom-to-be's father made the arrangements.
(b) It was Aelis' idea.
(c) The groom-to-be asked her out of the blue.
(d) Her father decided on the union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine do to prepare for her impending marriage to Shaggy Beard?

2. What does Catherine's mother beg for in May?

3. Who returns to the home in August?

4. What event is approaching in April?

5. How does Catherine describe Agnes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Catherine's father throw a priest down the stairs in September?

2. What does Robert do with the bear that Catherine buys at the fair?

3. Who is Odd William and what story does he tell Catherine?

4. Why does Catherine consider running away in March?

5. What do monks find in Rome? What does the church do with the monks' findings?

6. What does Catherine learn when she returns home with George in September? How does she feel about this news?

7. Who is Aelis to wed in September? How does Catherine react to this news?

8. Describe Catherine's mother's childbirth experience in September.

9. What does Catherine feel when she visits Meg in July? Why does she feel this way?

10. What is Catherine's mother's condition in August? How does Catherine's father treat her?

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